Boyue T63 JDRead comes out on October 31st

Boyue is certainly not a household name in North America but is quite popular in China. The company has a new e-reader that is going to be available at the end of October and it’s called the Boyue T63 JDRead.

The T63 features an e-Ink Carta display with a resolution of 1448×1072 and has 300 PPI. Underneath the hood is a RK3026, Dual Core, 1.0GHZ processor, 512 MB of RAM, 8 GB of internal memory. There is an SD card and you can expand the memory up to 32 GB.

What I like about this device is that the screen is completely flush with the bezel. There are few e-readers on the market that are designed like this because the manufacturing costs are normally quite high. It also has Android 4.2.2 OS, so you will be able to download and install your own apps.

Michael Kozlowski is the Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader. He has been writing about audiobooks and e-readers for the past ten years. His articles have been picked up by major and local news sources and websites such as the CNET, Engadget, Huffington Post and Verge.

Can you comment on the fact that I’ve read around the web that the entire user interface is in Korean language, and can’t be changed to any other language?
The specs look great on paper, but if you can’t figure out how to use it, that sucks!

Also, although it runs on Android, it isn’t clear if you can install other apps.

Not sure about this particular model, but all other Boyue e-readers have an English setting. It is basically running stock Android with a custom UI, during the initial setup you can select the language.

JUDGE

Already available on pre-order from Banggood (I don’t know if it’s a viable seller…) for US$ 146.00/CA$ 196.00 and €132.00. Maybe I will give a try: cheap but ergonomic ereader, Android apps (way cool for manga/comics!!) and BleFire – my preferred ereading app, plus the GoodeReader app of course!! One question: warranty?? In France, it’s two (2) years…